Curtain-stretcher pin



(No Model.)

J. P. MOALISTER.

CURTAIN STRETGHER PIN.

No. 577,607 r Patented Feb 23/1897 WITNESSES: p (ENVENIG'R THE Ncams PETERS co, FNOTO-L|THO wnsmrucwn. 0. c4

I UNITED STATES JAMES P. MGALISTER,

PAT NT OFFICE.

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CURTAlN-STRETCHER PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,607, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed January 18 1896- Serial No. 575,947. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES P. MOALISTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Stretcher Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of cu rtain-stretchin g pins, and has particular relation to that class of pins designed for use in stretching lace and other curtains in position for drying.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple, reliable, and effective pin of this I 5 class of such construction as to admit of its being readily and securely connected with a floor or other surface whether the same be covered or carpeted or not, and to produce other improvements which willbe more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects Iaccomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pin, and Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a portion of a curtain held by said pins.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

In carrying out my invention I employ a pin-body or Wire a. Of this body a, b repreov sents a horizontal portion, which terminates at its inner end in an upwardly and preferably outwardly bent hooked portion c, the latter being preferably pointed at its extremity, as shown. The rear end portion of the horizontal pin- 7 body terminates in a vertical coil, which rises from and extends substantially at right angles with the portion 1). This coil, which is indicated at 01, serves as a socket or casing to receive a tack e, which is adapted to pass therethrough, the head 6 of said tack being,

adapted to bear upon the upper end of the coil d.

As indicated more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the manner of utilizing my improved pin is substantially as follows: The curtain or other fabric g to be stretched for drying purposes is laid upon a floor, board, or other similar surface. The hook portions 0 are then engaged with the edges of the cur- 5o tain, the pin pulled outwardly a desired distance, and the pointed lower end portion of the tack c driven into the floor or other surface. In this manner it will be seen that a curtain or similar fabric 9 may be readily and easily stretched in position for drying on a floor or other surface whether the same be carpeted or not. The coils d are of such size as to admit of the withdrawal of the tacks e, the latter being preferably formed separately from the pin. If desired, however, I may form the tack integral with the pin.

The pin construction which I have herein shown and described, although exceedingly simple and inexpensive, is of great utility and provides means for stretching curtains. for drying much more convenient and positive than those ordinarily employed.

Having now fully described my invent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a curtain-stretcher pin the combination of a pin=loody consisting of a horizontal portion b, an upwardly and outwardly inclined portion 0 and a vertical coiled portion d at the outer end of said pin-body, of a tack e adapted to be inserted into and through said coil d and removably connected therewith, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

I O. G. SHEPHERD, -A. W. SHIELDS. 

